Una giornata davvero particolare in compagnia della Duchessa di Palma, Nicoletta Lanza Tomasi, erede diretta dell’autore del “ Gattopardo” Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.
Giro agli antichi mercati della città che conservano ancora il sapore dei Suk arabi per acquistare i prodotti necessari alla lezione di cucina; finita la spesa una gradevole passeggiata nel cuore del centro storico, ammirando alcuni dei monumenti  più rappresentativi della città sapientemente illustrati da Nicoletta.
Arrivo a palazzo Lampedusa, visita del palazzo, ultima dimora dello scrittore –e subito dopo in cucina per la lezione
Colazione con quanto preparato nella grande sala di rappresentanza in compagnia dei padroni di casa.
La giornata dura mediamente dalle 8,30 alle 15,30/16

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Questo articolo è stato pubblicato il martedì, 28 settembre 2010 alle 10:18 e classificato in escursioni giornaliere in sicilia occidentale. È possibile seguire tutte le repliche a questo articolo tramite il feed RSS 2.0. Puoi lasciare un commento, oppure fare il trackback dal tuo sito.

Menfi and Selinunte

Enjoy the Menfi and the Selinunte areas and……our villas
I Parchi West
I parchi East
Le Chicas
L’antica Scuderia

From these villas we can organize daily excursions to Selinunte, Segesta, Motya or wine and oil tasting in old farmhouses

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Questo articolo è stato pubblicato il mercoledì, 13 gennaio 2010 alle 19:31 e classificato in Luoghi di Sicilia. È possibile seguire tutte le repliche a questo articolo tramite il feed RSS 2.0. Puoi lasciare un commento, oppure fare il trackback dal tuo sito.

1.    Arrival in Palermo and transfer to your Hotel**** in the town’s centre.
Meeting with Travel Sicilia local responsible, welcome drink and tour briefing
Welcome dinner in a historical mansion, one of the most famous “Palazzo” in town where the heirs are still living.

2.    After breakfast, meet your guide  for a walking  visit of the old Historical fresh fruit and food market, one of  the biggest and oldest in Europe. For lunch, we will suggest to have a taste of “popular street food” in a charming “friggitoria”!
In the afternoon, visit of the Botanical Garden and the harbor quarter with its “Piazza marina”
Dinner on your own in local fresh fish restaurant personally selected by Travel Sicilia.

3.    Meet your guide and drive to the medieval town of Erice. Snack on your own tasting typical local delicatessen.
Drive to Marsala to visit  the amazing salt pans and the tiny island of Mothia – At sunset, arrival to Bonagia and cous-cous lesson in noble family  historical summer  mansion where the owner will introduce you to the secret of this old Arab recipe. At the end of the lesson and the dinner, visit to their wine cellar.

4.    Free morning at leisure and shopping – Lunch  on your own in a suggested restaurant. At 03.30 meet your guide for a walking tour to discover more about Palermo – Aperitif and dinner in a charming  Cultural Centre and restaurant  that take place in an historical building  recently restored.
Visit to the Spasimo and its garden in a fascinating atmosphere.

5 Meet your guide  and visit to San Giovanni degli Eremiti Church and its   magnificent cloister  and to the Cappella Palatina . Lunch on your own. After lunch, drive to  Monreale  to discover the magnificent Norman Arab cathedral decorated with golden moisaics.
Aperitif in a suggestive and important “Palazzo” of Palermo, considered one of the most impressive in Sicily, where the famous scenes of the movie “the Leopard” where shut.
Dinner on your own in a suggested restaurant .

Options:  According to the Opera House calendar or the Sicilian Puppet Theatre, it would be interesting to assist to one of those events.

6 Drive to Segesta to admire one of the best preserved Greek Temple in the world. Lunch in a very charming  farm house belonging to an old aristocratic family.
The origins of this family can be traced back to the XIII century.
The present owner attends to grape-growing in his vineyards extending over about 100 hectares.
Surrounded by green hills entirely cultivated, you will have a genuine lunch and wine tasting of the
farm wines and oil and again you will come in touch with the famous Sicilian welcoming.
Back to hotel – dinner  on your own in a suggested restaurant .

7 Meet you guide  to complete your tour of Palermo – Visit to Villa Niscemi and the Chinese Palace, an “exotic folly” built for the pleasure of the Borbon King. –  Lunch at Mondello’s local restaurant right  on the beach.  Back to hotel and time for leisure.
Farewell dinner in a historical “Palazzo” of the 19th century surrounded by rich collections of precious objects and important  furniture.

8    Transfer to Palermo’s airport

This tour has been quoted on the basis of  8 participants.

Price per person € 2.400,00  includes:

•    Private transfer from\to airport
•    7 night accommodation in Hotel 4 stars in B&B
•    English speaking Driver&Escort
•    Bus 8 seats for whole period
•    Gasoline, tolls and parking included
•    7 nights Hotel**** accommodation in b&b
•    2 dinner in historic house
•    1 dinner in restaurant in town
•    1 lunch in restaurant
•    1 lunch & wine tasting  in Farm house
•    1 visit & drink in historical private Mansion in Palermo
•    1 cous cous cooking lesson & dinner
•    4 full day guided tours
•    2 half day guided tours
•    VAT
•    Agency fee

This itinerary is subject to variations depending on opening times, weather conditions and other events.

Price is calculated on the basis of 8 persons; for less or more participants it will be recalculated.

Price does not include: entrance tickets, free meals and whatever not mentioned in “price includes”

The programmes which we offer are exclusive and attempt to include, apart from the better known Sicilian locations, also elements which lead to a better understanding of the thousands of years of history which have passed over this island.
Obviously we are ready to consider all types of programmes, keeping in mind that our aim is to create “ad hoc” itineraries and always to offer something different with particular attention to the quality of the service.

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Questo articolo è stato pubblicato il mercoledì, 14 ottobre 2009 alle 16:43 e classificato in Wine and food Tours. È possibile seguire tutte le repliche a questo articolo tramite il feed RSS 2.0. Puoi lasciare un commento, oppure fare il trackback dal tuo sito.

Palazzo Beneventano

Sicilian tour  – Two professionally presented cookery classes, one at a
farmhouse and another at a Cheese research centre. Others might say the breathtaking Temples of Agrigento and Segesta closely followed by the well preserved amphitheatre in Taormina with Mt Etna as a dramatic backdrop. Then for some it was getting up close to majestic Norman architecture in its cathedrals and castles. For me, looking at a palazzo one night in the Piazza of Ortigia and seeing a row of glittering chandeliers on its first floor and wondering what treasures and history lie within and next day our group being invited by its Baron resident, to that Palazzo for lunch. He regaled us with a story of his ancestors entertaining Sir and Lady Emma Hamilton and the one armed Admiral Lord Nelson. In the Baron’s Ortigian salon we learned that Emma, a pioneer of ‘performance art’ created her ‘attitudes’,
of wrapping herself in sheer (read see-through) swathes of fabric and striking poses to recreate famous mythological figures as painted or sculpted by artists. Her adoring husband assisted in holding a large empty frame in front of her pose, whilst her lover Lord Nelson looked on.
All agreed the landscape and built environment was not what they expected and they came away with a feeling they had definitely gained a sense of having seen something uniquely different from the other regions they had visited in Italy. Each year I like to change the tour a little and have now added Sicilian gardens for 2009.
If you have already visited Sicily or want to discover more of it charms, the Aeolian Islands await. In 2004 my journey took me to its islands by car and ferry. This is where you meet relatives of neighbours in Australia. You could do as I did, or charter a yacht if you are a sailor or hire a skipper. Just as glamourous to fly in by helicopter and use the ferries to island hop between each. My agents in Sicily will handle this and any type of accommodation you need, either in a resort or apartment.

Roz MacAllan

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Questo articolo è stato pubblicato il mercoledì, 14 ottobre 2009 alle 08:50 e classificato in What our clients say. È possibile seguire tutte le repliche a questo articolo tramite il feed RSS 2.0. Puoi lasciare un commento, oppure fare il trackback dal tuo sito.

1.Meeting in Palermo (Hotel 4* or 5*)
Afternoon on your own (optional: walking tour)
Welcome dinner in a historical mansion

2.Guided walking tour in Palermo old centre Drive to Monreale and visit of the Norman Cathedral and cloister
Drive to Virzì estate: visit of the winery, lunch and wine tasting
Back to the hotel
Aperitif and dinner at Khalesa

3.Guided visit of the old food markets
Lunch at the restaurant of the Modern Art Gallery (Palazzo Sant’Anna).
4 p.m. : drive to Case Vecchie in Regaleali’e estate
Accommodation at “Case Vecchie”, welcome drink and “spaghettata”

4. 10.30 a.m. : cooking class – lunch
Time on your own
05.30 p.m. visit of Regalali winery
06.00 p.m. cooking class – dinner

5.10.30 a.m. cooking class – lunch
Time on your own
04.30 p.m. short conversation on Sicilian history
06.00 p.m. cooking class – dinner

6.Half day trip Agrigento (local guide)
Visit to the Valley of the Temples
Light lunch at Kolymbetra gardens
Back to Case vecchie
06.00 p.m. cooking class – dinner

7.10.30 cooking class – lunch
Time on your own
04.30 short conversation on Sicilian history
06.00 p.m. cooking class – dinner

8.Private transfer to the airport
9.Option – 2 day extension to Taormina – Departure from Catania airport

8 participants

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Questo articolo è stato pubblicato il mercoledì, 7 ottobre 2009 alle 17:19 e classificato in Wine and food Tours. È possibile seguire tutte le repliche a questo articolo tramite il feed RSS 2.0. Puoi lasciare un commento, oppure fare il trackback dal tuo sito.